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ME. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOBE^. 



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sporae subglobosae, 3-35 a diam. 



Sf Curt, in Journ 



Soc. (Bot.) x. p. 330. (Type in Herb. Berk. Kew. n. 3762.) 



On rootlets. Cuba. 



W hole plant 1-2 lines high ; stem spurious, often altogether 

 obsolete. Substance very thin, contracting when dry, and be- 

 coming paler. 



Steeeum ceenatum, Lev. S. pileo coriaceo, flabelliformi, nudo, 

 castaneo, zonis obscurioribus variegato, margine lobato acuto; 

 hymenio carneo-rufo ; stipite brevi, hirsuto, basi peltato-dilatato. 



L6v. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, i. p. 210. 



On trunks. Java. 



From 2-3 centim. high ; pileus membranaceous, firm ; margin 

 lobed and sterile below. S.pusillum, Berk., differs m the naked, 

 non-dilated stem and absence of zones on the pileus. 



Steeeum fissfm, Berk. Album; pileo primum spathulato, 

 demum flabellato profunde fisso ; stipitibus brevissimis e basi 

 communi membranaceo oriundis ; hymenio lsevi ; sporae ellip- 

 soideae, 8-10x4-5. 

 (Type in Herb. Berk.) 



On dead twigs. Brazil ; Ecuador. 



recent, ochraceous when dry. Pilei about an inch 

 l°Bg, at first spathulate or petaliform, smooth and even or with 

 a few obscure raised lines, then expanded and flabellate, deeply 

 fissured nearly to the base ; stems short or obsolete, arising from 

 a common membranaceous mycelium, which occurs in patches or 

 spreads round the whole branch. 



is precisely that of Cantharellus partitus, Berk. ; no 

 species can be more distinct. Occasionally there is a tendency 



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the hymenium to become venose, but probably only from con- 

 traction in drying (Berkeley.) 



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Pileo flabelliformi, 



mar- 



zonato, castaneo, subtiliter velutino, glabrescente striatulo ; 

 gine pallidiore crenato-labato, postice in stipitem brevissimum 

 lateralem angustato ; hymenio concavo ochraceo ; sporae subglo- 

 bosae, 5X4/U. —Berk. Sf Curt, in Journ. Linn, Soc. (Bot.) x. p. 330. 

 (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3757 

 On dead wood. Cuba. . 



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flabellifor 









base, rough behind, with scattered aculeiform outgrowths. 







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